Superior Professionals, Cost-Effective Services… 

  

Our professionals are dedicated to providing cost-effective solutions that result in measurable value and lasting change.  We continually invest in the development of creative consultants with a unique blend of business acumen, industry expertise, and technical knowledge.  Our consultants can address the broad range of issues facing fast-growing enterprises and offer the personal attention that makes a difference. 

  

Rossitto & Associates provides a comprehensive array of consulting and compliance services to help our clients meet management objectives and minimize the tax effects of complex business decisions.  Key to our approach is a global team philosophy which ensures seamless service delivery, the exchange of ideas, and aggressive investment in technology to maximize quality and efficiency. 

  

We recognize that to be most effective as a business advisor requires knowledge of and experience with tax regulations, as well as the specific industry issues facing each client.   

  

Our Washington, D.C. contacts enhance all of our services.  These contacts continually monitor new tax legislation and regulations and analyze the potential implications for our clients.  This group of technical specialists provides our professionals and clients with timely access to the latest developments in Congress, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of the Treasury, and other influential committees and rule-making bodies. 

  

Our clients are counseled on the application of federal rules in individual situations. We also help them to quantify the effect of government policies on long-range plans and assist with rulings, filings, registrations, and applications.  When policy changes occur, clients are provided with early and complete analysis on each new development and how it may affect them.  Our contacts possess highly specialized technical expertise in such areas as mergers and acquisitions, accounting methods and periods, employee benefits, and international tax. 

  

Our global coverage is excellent. For a client considering a move into a new, possibly unfamiliar market, Rossitto & Associates' foreign expertise is an asset.  We work with our clients, using our contacts with foreign authorities and business figures to gain access to international markets.  We can share our knowledge of business practices, of the intricacies of legislation, and of the finer points of doing business in each particular culture.  This gives our clients an invaluable advantage. 

  

Rossitto & Associates helps companies solve complex problems and achieve their business objectives. Our professionals do more than analyze their clients' situations and develop solutions.  They turn their insights into action and implement solutions to improve clients' business performance and maximize value. 

  

  

  

Team Members 

  

Amy E. Thompson, Partner - Amy is responsible for all auditing and accounting.  Her areas of expertise are in real estate/construction, finance, governmental, ERISA, retail and manufacturing.  Amy has experience in auditing, planning, internal compliance, corporate, pass-through, trusts and estates.   She also managed a large internal control project for a retail subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, and the implementation of internal controls at the City of Bellevue, Nebraska.  She was employed by Arthur Andersen LLP.  Ms. Thompson is a 1991 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Kearney, where she received a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting. 

  

Mary E. Smith, Partner - Mary's expertise and experience are in areas of federal tax, including corporate, international, REIT, state and local, and pass-through tax matters.  As a senior manager in the corporate tax department of First Data Corporation, she was involved in tax research, mergers and acquisitions, planning, and compliance for corporate operations on a worldwide basis.  Prior to this, Arthur Andersen & Co. employed her in their tax department, where she specialized in corporate taxation.  Ms. Smith graduated with distinction in 1985 from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where she received a bachelor's degree in business administration with an emphasis in accounting.    

  

Kathleen J. Herrera, Audit Manager, has extensive experience with internal controls and was the previous Sarbanes-Oxley coordinator for ConAgra Foods/Frozen Foods.  She has assisted in the implementation of internal controls at the City of Bellevue, Nebraska, and has expertise in the manufacturing and governmental arena.  Ms. Herrera was employed by ConAgra Foods/Frozen Foods for 17 years as a Senior Operations Financial Analyst and Accountant, and was a revenue auditor for the Nebraska Department of Revenue.  She is a 1986 graduate of Wayne State College with a bachelor's degree in accounting, and a 1990 graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a master's in business administration. 

  

Kathleen E. Ferrarini is experienced in both auditing and tax matters, particularly in the partnership arena.  As a tax manager, she has expertise in investment real estate, finance, retail, and construction.  As a senior accountant in the corporate tax department of First Data Corporation, she was involved in tax research, planning, and compliance for corporate operations on a worldwide basis.  In addition, she was a tax senior at Arthur Andersen & Co. where she specialized in partnership and corporate taxation.  Ms. Ferrarini graduated in 1986 from the University of Nebraska-Omaha where she received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration with an emphasis in accounting.